Bottle-stopper holder and support



July 23, 1929. E. J. SOVATKIN BOTTLE STOPPER HOLDER AND SUPPORT Filed March 30, 1928 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 23, 1929.

UNITED. STATES;

1,721,644 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. SOVATKIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO J'. S KLAR MANU- FACTURING 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK;

BoTTLE-s'rorPER HOLDER AND SUPIO-RT.

This invention relates to containers such as bottles and the like.

It has for its object the provision of a combination stopper label support which may be 5 mounted on the neck oft-he bottle, and a stopper holder having means for handling the stopper and suspending the same from the support.

The invention has particular application to bottles or containers for chemicals Where it is highly desirable to avoid contact by hand with the stopper.

, A further advantage of the construction hereinafter described is that the provision therein of a convenient suspending means extending directly from the bottle for the stopper avoids the usual placing of the stopper on a table, desk or the like support which may he marred or from which the stopper may roll off.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention.

Referring to the drawing which illustrates the preferred form of the invention:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a bottle and the support showing the stopper in the bottle and 011 the support.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the label and stopper support.

3 is a perspective view of the stopper holder.

7 Referring to the drawing showing the invention applied to a bottle suitable for containing chemicals, 10 designates the bottle having a neck 11 in which there is placed a stopper 12. Around the neck 11 there is secured the support, designated generally by the numeral 13, which consists of a split neck band 14, one end forming a lug 15 bent radially from the band and having an opening. The other end of the band has a radial extension 16, having an opening registering with the opening in lug 15 and widened curved portion 17 having horizontal serrations 18.

iii)

Application filed March 30, 1928. Serial No. 266,084.

This extension serves as a handle forthe support 13. Between the radial extensions on the neck band 14 there is inserted the end 19 of a. strip 20 bentbelow the bandso as to lie flat against the bottle. The lowef end of strip 20 is widened into a plate 21 shaped to lie againstthe bottle and serving to hold a label 22. r

The end 19 of strip 20 also has an opening which registers with the opening in lugs 15 and extension 16 and thru these openings a bolt 23is inserted having a nut 24 screwed on the threaded end thereof to clamp the label holder on the neck band and to tighten the. band on the neck of the bottle.

Diametrically opposite the extensions 15, 16. a rod 25 is secured to the band 14 by soldering or any other suitable means. The rod 25 is bent back slightly as at 26 to clear the bead 11 formed on the leck 11 of the bottle, and thence extends upward, terminating in a hook portion 27.

The combination stopper holder, handle and hanger shown in Fig. 3, is formed of a single piece of wire designated generally by the numeral 28 and comprises two arms 29 and 30. The lower arm 29 consists of a bifurcation 31 open at the front and curved to fit around and clamp the neck 12* of the stopper 12. The rear of the arm 29 is formed as a curved loop 32 extending from bifurcations 31 and providing a handle by which to lift the stopper out of the bottle.

The other arm is a continuation of the wire forming the arm 39 and extends in a plane at an acute angle to the arm 29. The bifurcations 31 are bent backward slightly at the open end, and then bent slightly radially outward at 33 a sufficient distance to clear the head 12 of the stopper. Then the wire is bent up at both sides a short distance at 34. The wire ends at one side 35 at substantially this point. At the other side the wire is bent radially inwardly at 36, then is bent upward and down to form a loop 37 and then extends radially outwardly at 38 opposite to portion 36 and ends where it meets the other end 35.

The holder may be grasped by handle 32 and pushed into the stopper so that the bifurcations 31 clamp the neck. The stopper may then be lifted on the support by passing the loop 37 over the hook portion 27 of the rod 25, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The stopper is thus held safely when the bottle is being used.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent r 1. In combination with a receptacle having a neck portion, a support having a. split neck band open at the front, and a rod having a hook extending upwardly from the rear of said band, a radial extension on one end of the band forming a handle for said support.

2. A stopper holder comprising an arm bifurcated at one end and forming a looped ex.- tension at the other, and a second arm extending from said first arm at an angle thereto, said second arm being looped at one end.

wardly and radially outwardly and upwardly l to accommodate the head of the stopper and 5 then forming inward radial extensions, and a loop for receiving a hook for said holder.

5. A holder for a bottle stopper having a neck portion, said holder comprising an arm bifurcated to receive the neck of the stopper, the closed end of the bifurcation forming an extension adapted to be used as a handle for lifting said stopper and a second arm integral with the first arm extending at an angle from the first arm and containing an opening for hanging the holder and stopper on a support;

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD J. SOVATKIN. 

